Nov. 16
Burnsville, MNI'm writing this post from yet a new address, not by choice but by necessity. Yesterday a fire leveled my barn loft home. All was lost except for my laptop, camera, and cell phone which I had along with me, as well as my sleeping bag and tent which normally reside in my car. The blaze started around 3:30 pm, shortly after I left for a 4 o'clock appointment. My barn mate John was also away. The owners Terri and Dan were home at the time, but were unable to contain the fire which seems to have started in the hay stored under the south side roof. The fire dept. was delayed in getting water to the site, which didn't help matters, and by the time I arrived back around 5:30 the inferno was lighting up the nighttime sky. The Red Cross put me up for the night in a Holiday Inn, and loaded a credit card for me with $22o for immediate needs, but today after purchasing a new power cord and charger for my laptop and phone, ceased to work. I also stopped at the bank, bought some clothes at a thrift store, picked up some supplies at Wal-Mart, and searched for a new residence, of which I found one, in the nearby city ironically named Burnsville. It's a nice house in town with a sweet older lady owner, and two male tenants, one my age and one in college. They were very nice and helpful. I had wanted to get out to the fire site today and see if by some miracle anything survived the intense flames (the animals were all safe by the way), but didn't have time. Tomorrow. I do still have some personal items and clothes stored back home at the farm and this might provide a good reason to go home for Thanksgiving.
I am reminded that we come into this world with nothing and we will leave this world with nothing save the deeds we have done...do good deeds my children.
